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SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Paten-t No. 104,319, dated June 14, 1870.

IMPRQVEMENT 1N .EARTH-cnosnrs.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and. making part of thesame.

To all perso'ns to whom these presents may come:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. Jawntr'r, of Salem,

the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and-useful invention having refer# ence to Earth-Glosets;7 and do herebydeclare the same to be fully described in the following specificationand represented in the accompanying drawing, of which-'- Figure ldenotes a top view,

Figure 2, a front elevation,

Figure 3, a rear elevation, and Figure 4, a vertical central andlongitudinal 'section of an earth-closet provided with my invention.

Such invention involresa rotary discharger, a movable bod-carrier orsupporter, and mechanism for operating them by means of the seat-cover,as hereinafter described, in combination with a hopper and chute,-orwith such and a curved apron extending from the hopper partially aboutthe rotary discharger, as hereinafter described.

In the drawing- A A denotes the hopper, as arranged within the seatframeB in the ordinary way, and directly1 over a cylindrical drum ordischarger, O, pivoted at its ends to two standards, a a, so as to becapable of being freely revolved on its axis.

There is a month or opening, b, in the side of the drum or discharger,and the heads 'c c of such dis-V charger are grooved or formed aspulleys or wheels, and have fastened to their peripheries two chains, dd, which are. extended from the coverD of the seat, the

being represented in the drawing.

From the hopper au apron, E, of sheet met-al, projects and extendspartially around the drum C, in inanuer as showh in the drawing, suchapron being to prevent the earth from being prematurely discharged fromthe drum while the latter may be in the act of p -being revolved for thepurpose of dropping its load upon a chute, F,'arranged below the drum ordischarger in manner as represented.

Below the said chute is the bod-carrier G, which isV a carriagelprovidedwith ears e e, resting on rails h h, or otherwise arranged, so as to becapable of moving or being moved backward, from a position immediatelyunderneath the seat,f.the necessary distanceA for the proper dischargeof earth by the chute into the hod.

Chains fj; fastened to the peripheries of the heads of the drum O,extend downward around guide-pnl` .leys gag, supported by theseat-frame, and thence to and are fastened to the rear part of thehd-carrier G. y

To the carriage G other chains or ropes t' rare fixed, and are extendedforward underneath other guide-pulleys It k, supported by theseat-frame, the,

whole being in'm'anner as represented.

If desirable, the lower part of the' chute may be perforated with holes,as shown at Z l, in order to en' A able it to better distribute upon theexcremental and urinal deposits of the hod, the earth for covering such.

From the above it will be seen that the seat-cover, while being raisedfrom a horizontal intoan upright or nearly vertical position, will draw,by meansof the ropes i i, the hod-carrierG forward to a positiondirectly underneath the seat. Also, that the hodcar rier, while being somoved, will,`by means of the chains connecting it with the rotarydischarger C, canse' such discharger to revolve so as to carryitsmoutharound to the opening of the lower end of the hopper, such being in order forthc discharger to receive from the hopper a chargeof'earth, which, by the action of gravity, will'be made to descend fromthe hopper into the discharger.

Next, after the closet may have been used by' a pe1son,'he is to layhold of and depress the cover of the seat, in which case not only willthe hed-carrier be retracted, but the discharger will be revolved," soas to carry its lnouth beyond or below the apron, whereby the' earthycentents of the discharger will be caused to fall therefrom upon thechute, and by it :into the hod.

The object of having the carrier to be advanced and retracted in manneras specified is not only to enable the chute to be arranged far enoughback of the` bod, so as not to' be .soiled by either urinal orexcrement-al deposits, but, to insure the proper delivery of thecovering matter into thehod, and the diffusion or dispersion ofsnchmatter over a deposit of excrement in such hod.

The hod, tub, or vessel. to receive the excrement is not shown in thedrawing, it being of -the usual kind, and to be placed on the carriageG.

The apron may be dispensed with, but when used it prevents any prematureejection of the earth from the discharger while itv may be inrevolution, as ex plained.

I claim as my invention the following, that is to say:

The combination ofthe rotary drum or discharger C, the movable carriageor hed-carrier G, and mechanisrn for operating them, in manner asdescribed, by the seat-cover D, with the hopper A, and the chute F.

Also, in combination therewith, the apron E, ai ranged with the hopper Aand the rotary di'scharger C, as and for the purpose as specified.

Also, in the earth-closet constructed substantially in the manner and tooperate asset forth, the chute, as provided with the perforationsarranged in its lowerpart, such part being for the better distributionor diffusion of the earth upon theexeremental and urinal deposits in thehod. K

GEO. B. JEWETI. Witnesses:

A. HUNTrNGToN,

Gno. R. Loan.

